Combined toaster-carrying and tray-operating handle



Spt. 15, 1925.

H. M. BIEBEL COMBINED TOASTER CARRYING AND TRAY OPERATING HANDLE Filed April 16, 1925 Fig.

INVENTOR Herman M. Bl'ebe/ ATTORN EY Patented Sept. 15, 1925. v

- UNITED STATES.

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HERMAN M. BIEBEL, OF OAKMONT, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB '10 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC &MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 'A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED TOASTER-GARRYING AND TRAY-OPERATING HANDLE.

' Application filed April 16, 1923. Serial No. 632,267.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN M. BIEBEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oakmont, in the county of Alle-. gheny and State of. Pennsylvania, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Toaster-Carrying and Tray-Operating Handles, of which the following is a specification. V My invention relates to electric toasters and particularly to toaster-carrying and tray-operating means.

The object of myrinvention is to provide a relatively sim le device that will permit of carrying a ta le toaster and of operating the trays thereof. 1

In practicing my invention, I- rovide a knob or button of a suitable heat insulating material, pivotally mounted on one of the 0 side frames of a table toaster'of the turnover type, that is rovided with a lever con nected thereto an a link pivotally connecting the outer end of said lever and one of the tra s of the toaster. The knob is mounte in an offset position relatively to 4 a plane passing through the center of gravity of the toaster and in such position that when carrying the toaster, the weight of the toaster tends to maintain the tray in its closed position relatively thereto.

In the drawing,- t

Figure 1 is a view in end elevation of a table toaster comprising the device embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical view, inside elevation, thereof, and- Fig. 3 'is a top plan view of a part of a toaster the parts illustrated being those more particularly embodying my invention.

having a plurality of integral depending flanges 13. The end portions 14 of each of the flanges 13 are angularly' disposed rela-o tively to the flan es 13 and have a supporting member or oot 15"operatively .enga

ing the inner surface thereof and suitab y secured thereagainst,

A plurality of side frames 16, (only one of which is shown) are mounted in spaced relation on the top of the base 12 and-extend vertically upward therefrom. A plurality of trays 17 are pivotally mounted by suitable means such as pins 18, in each of the side frames 16, suitable openings being provided in the side frames 16 to receive the An electric toaster 11 comprises a base 12,

pins 18. The general construction of the base,-side frames, tray and of a heating element, (not shown) is more particularly disclosed and claimed in a (go-pending application Serial N 0-. 630,271, of O. A. Colby, filed April 6, 1923, and assigned to the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Com pany. Further reference may be had to I the above mentioned" application for details of the parts illustrated here generally only, as they form no part of my invention.

The combined toaster-carrying and trayoperatin means comprises a'knob or button 19, that 1s pivotally mounted on the outside of one of the side frames 16, a suitable bolt or pin 2-1 "extending through the member 19 and through a suitable opening in the side frame 16. The pin 21 is not'located on the vertical plane passing through the center of gravity of the toaster andl'ongitudinally thereof, but is located eccentric thereto, that is, if the line 22-22 represents a vertical plane in end view, passing through the cen ter of gravity of the toaster, the pin 21 is located at the left thereof for a purposeto be hereinafter set forth more in detail.

A washer 23 is located on the inner end of the number 21 and a lever 24 is suitably secured to the inner end of the in-21 in fixed relation relatively thereto. link 25 has one of its ends pivotally connected to the Outer end of the lever 24 and'it's other end pivotally connected to an integral extension 26 constituting a part of'one of the trays 17. The relative positions of the lever 24, link .25, and tray 17 is such that when the fiat button 19-is in a substantially horizontalposition, the tray is in its closed position. substantially as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, the lever 24 and the link 25 occu-f pying the positions illustratedby the broken mes.

When it is desired to actuate the tray to its open positipn, as illustrated by dot-and= dash line in Fig. 1, it is only necessary to 100 effect a turning movement of the knob or button 19 in a clockwise direction, whereupon 'the lever 24 and'the link 25 will 0c cupy the positions illustrated by dot-anddash lines in Fig. l. 4

One of the knobs or buttons 19 and the parts operatively connected thereto are mounted in each' of the side frames 16 whereby a toaster-carrying and tray-operating mechanism is provided on each side of 110 the toaster making it possible to operate each tray independently of the other.

By mounting the knobs or buttons 19 eccentrically of the trays, as hereinbefore described, the weight of the toaster, while be ing carried by the knobs, tends to cause a turning movement of the tray in such a direction relatively to the pivotally mounted button 19 as to cause it to move in such a direction as to hold the tray connected therethe trays to their open and closed positions shall be placed relatively thereto.

Various modifications and changes may be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I desire, therefore that only such limitations thereon as are imposed by of 'said tray .the prior art or as set forth in the appended.

claims. .1 013111138 my invention:

1. In-a toaster, 1n combination, a frame, a 0

tray pivotally supported on said frame and having an open and a closed osition' relatively thereto, and a combine tray-actuatingand toaster-carrying means so mounted on the side of said frame as to maintain said tray in its closed position while being used as a toaster-carrying means.

2. In a toaster, in-combination, a frame,, a tray pivotally supported by said frame, a knob pivotally mounted on said frame eccentrically of a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the center of gravity of said toaster, a lever secured to said knob, and a link member connecting said lever and said tray to vary the angular position in accordance with the position of said knob.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto day of April,

subscribed my name this 4th 1923.

4 HERMAN M. BIEBEL. 

